Shovel



A. DEMARY Oct. 27, 1931.

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The present invention relates to shovels used for shovelling dirt and digging holes in the ground such as telephone, telegraph, sign posts, guide posts and fence post holes and in cleaning manholes and the like.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a shovel structure of this nature which is simple, easy to manipulate, strong and durable, inexpensive to manu- 19 facture, thoroughly efficient and reliable in use, and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the shovel embodying the features of my invention,

' Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof showing the shovel in a dumped position,

Figure 3 is a vertical section therethrough,

Figure 4 is a vertical detail section taken substantially on the line H of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a vertical detail section taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 3,

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a pair of plates,

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the pawl, and

Figure 8 is a detail top plan view of the ratchet bar.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes an elongated handle, the bottom end of which is recessed to receive a pair of plates 7 which are provided with mating side flanges 8. The plates and flanges form a socket 6 and the plates are bolted to the handle as shown at 9. The flanges 8 at their bottom ends are formed with notches 10 and 11, the 45 -notches forming openings which communicate with the socket when the plates are attached to the handle.

Angular brackets 12 are secured to the plate 7 by said bolts 9. Brackets 14 are riveted or otherwise secured to the brackets 'use.

ate bar 22'isriveted to the center of the back 19 and extends through the openings formed by the notches 10 and 11 and through the opening 6 and said bar is provided on its conveX side with a plurality of ratchet teeth 24: and on its extremity with a stop head 25 having a projection or lug 26. A pawl 27 is pivotally mounted in the socket 6 for engaging the ratchet teeth 24.

With the parts shown as in Figure 3 it'will be seenthat the pawl 27 prevents the shovel S from rocking in a' clockwise direction.

.However, by rocking the shovel S in a counter clockwise direction so that the lug 26 engages thepawl27, said' pawl may be positioned so that the shovel may be rocked in a' clockwise direction to the position shown in Figure-2 which'is the starting position of After the dirt inthe hole has been loosened by the use of a bar or theilike, theshovel .is placed in the hole inv a vertical position as is shown in Figure 2 and then the handle is pushed forwardly during this movement the pawl ratchets over the teeth. As the handle is moved in an opposite direction, the pawl will engage one of the teeth so that the bar 22 is caused to move with the handle and thus the shovel will be rocked on its pivot. 3 Thus the return movement of the handle causes the pan to scoop up the dirt in the hole. When the shovel has reached a level position it is lifted from the hole by the handle.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiment of the invention CT: has been disclosed in considerable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the }00 statement of the invention and the above descriptionr' .s 1 It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the'combination and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope;

of the invention as ,hereinaftereclaimed; or if sacrificing any: of its advantages.

Havlng thus described my invent on, what 1 I cla1m as new is: r

7 10 .1. In an apparatus of the class described,

an elongated handle, a shovel rockably engaged With the handle, and a pawl and ratchet mechanism for controlling the. rocking movement of the shovel vvith respect to the 1, for. forming a socketat thelower end of the handle with the pawlvin said socket, and arack bar of arcuate construction on'the shovel movable through the socket andengageable by the pawlthe teeth on "said bar terminating an appreciable distance from the free end thereof andla. projection onsaid free end engaging the pawlrto movesaid pawl to its ratcheting position. T

:21 In an apparatusjof the class described, an elongated handle, brackets on thtalower end of 'theghandleforming a socket, said 5 brackets having openings therein c'ommunieating Withsaid socket, anglebrackets at-- tached to the first brackets, brackets attached to the second 'brackets,'and ;forming a de pending yokefshaped rnember, :axshovell pi'vo'ted betweenthe limbs'of said member, an

*arcuate bar on the shovel having ratchet 'teethfthereto, the; bar passing'through the socket'and the openings in the first 'mentioned brackets,'a pawl in the socket in the handle engageable' with'the ratchet teeth on i i' the bar anda stop head on the freeend of "the, bar having-a lug to "move the pawl to a 7 release: position: I v l V 4 1 *f Ifntestimony vi hereofI-afiix my signature.

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